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Ok. Assuming you don't trust systems of law or for whatever reason prefer systems of tech I guess this works. Got to admit though, it feels less like a cheat sheet and more like being delegated a bunch of paperwork. I was hoping for something a bit less pedestrian than bank accounts and mortgages. My personal "in case of imminent nuclear war draft email to everyone" is about all the personal projects I'm not going to be able to finish myself anymore so here's some code for whoever wants to pick it up. Sure, my version also arguably hands unfinished work to people, but at least its more interesting work than "please go stand in line at the bank on my behalf." Its certainly a better way to remember me than "here's a few words, now pass the shovel."

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>My personal "in case of imminent nuclear war draft email to everyone"

I think you've misunderstood the purpose of this work. It's not about the end of the world, it's about the end of you and making the transition for the ones you love as easy as possible.

I understood it just fine. An "imminent catastrophe" draft is really just an "end of me" draft without the automation needed to handle the "no warning" case.

On one hand, loathsome. On the other hand, I've never seen such a succinct example of online narcissism. So, on balance, thank you?

On the one hand, you started this conversation certain that I was the one with a reading comprehension problem. On the other hand, you ended it calling me a loathsome narcissist. So on balance...

My Dad passed away with no will and no instructions on what he actually had and where things were. This would have saved us an incredible amount of time and pain right after losing him.

Same. Though Lastpass' ability to request a trusted user's passwords (with a configurable amount of time to deny the request) obviates a lot for my wife if I were to pass.

I think that's a great use case. I have something similar set up with a deadmans switch in Gmail. I don't want people to have to go on a hunt and have to hack into my gear while mourning like we did. No fun.

These aren't exclusive. If you're going to write a "just in case" document supplementary to your will, it can have whatever useful things certain people will need to know AND whatever interesting works you want them to remember you by.

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